United Nations Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues - Sessions

Sessions

To date, nine sessions have been held, all at the UN Headquarters, New York:

1. First Session, May 2002
2. Second Session, May 2003. Special theme: "Indigenous Children and Youth".
3. Third Session, May 2004. Special theme: "Indigenous Women".
4. Fourth Session, May 2005. Special Theme: "Millennium Development Goals and Indigenous Peoples with a focus on Goal 1 to Eradicate Poverty and Extreme Hunger, and Goal 2 to achieve universal primary education".
5. Fifth Session, May 2006. Special theme: "The Millennium Development Goals and indigenous peoples: Re-defining the Millennium Development Goals".
6. Sixth Session, May 2007. Special theme: "Territories, Lands and Natural Resources".
7. Seventh Session, April 2008. Special theme: "Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges".
8. Eighth Session, May 2009. Review year.
9. Ninth Session, May 2010. Special Theme: "Indigenous peoples: development with culture and identity; articles 3 and 32 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples".
10. Tenth Session, May 2011. Review year.
11. Eleventh Session, 2012. Special Theme: "The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)".